Circle of Zero Waste

THE CIRCLE OF ZERO WASTE

Together they have pioneered the ‘Circle of Zero Waste’ and reconnected Bristol with its twin city of Porto, transporting products fossil fuel free as much as possible. Most of Xisto Wines’ produce is transported by engineless sailing ships from Porto to Bristol which delivers a zero carbon cargo.

FROM PORTO TO PORT O’BRISTOL

The full realisation of the zero carbon cargo is in the PORT O’BRISTOL project; originally a plan to make the most natural, authentic wines with the minimum impact on the planet.

The first collaborations were with multi-award-winning winemaker Mateus Nicolas Almeida, founder of the alternative wine show in Porto. The process works as follows:

• Mateus and Anton make the wine for the barrels
• The barrels are loaded in Porto and sailed to England
• The wine is bottled in re-claimed espumante or champagne bottles, collected by our wonderful collaborating customers.
• Our Restaurant customers also play their part in supplying our vehicles with waste cooking oils to fuel the deliveries
• We use and buy no plastics, and re-use and collect all packaging whenever possible, encouraging customers to find efficient, waste-free solutions

Anton and Mateus Nicola Almeida are recognised as leading practitioners of the “Circular Economy” using methods to create closed circles with no waste.

The latest barrel to be imported has gone on loan to local beer champions Wiper & True for a special edition beer. The next is already wanted by a local cider maker. More collaborations and circles are in the offing.